Hills - Mount Barker Public NEXT STEPS Transport Strategy Summary

Type of Stakeholders Description Project Involved Vision for Public Transport in the Hills Region Undertake a Mount Barker - Adelaide Hills public transport study DPTI, Adelaide Hills Council, The vision to significantly improve public transport services and infrastructure for theAdelaide Hills to scope the Mount Barker and Adelaide Hills bus rapid transit Mount Barker District Council, - Mount Barker region was developed under three key themes with objectives as follows: projects bus operators, bus customers and local Regional Smart Economic community Equity Investment Growth

Make the region’s public transport Future proof public transport for Enable access to jobs, Bus Park n Ride demand study for the Adelaide Hills and Mount DPTI, Adelaide Hills Council, as good as, or better than, other changing travel demand and apprenticeships, schools, shopping Planning Barker corridor to confirm the origins for the Park n Ride Mount Barker District Council, comparable regions demographics and medical services regionally and commuters at the existing sites and to address the capacity issues bus operators, bus in Adelaide for commuter parking at Crafers and Mount Barker customers and local Meet the community needs for community transport access to enable healthy Improve return on investment through Attract more tourists and visitors to and productive lifestyles customer focused transport the region with easy public transport Mount Barker town bus study that will: DPTI, Mount Barker District access 1. Review the existing bus services and stops Council, bus operators, bus Ensure seamless and integrated fares 2. Redesign local bus routes to connect to Adelaide services customers and local and ticketing systems for more Defer road upgrades by reducing Support the region’s population 3. Provide new routes in the residential growth areas community equitable pricing and easier usage traffic congestion growth, businesses and rural On-demand transport service trials within and to the Adelaide Hills DPTI, Adelaide Hills Council, communities – Mount Barker region to service the following sub-areas: Mount Barker District Council, On-Demand 1. The northern townships in the Adelaide Hills (Woodside, Alexandrina Council and local Bus Birdwood, Gumeracha and Lobethal) to Tea Tree Plaza community Strategic Rationale for Improving Public Transport interchange (Modbury), Verdun (Hahndorf) and Mount Barker Services Public transport services to the Adelaide Hills - Mount Barker region are inadequate based on the 2. Macclesfield and Meadows to Stirling and Hahndorf stakeholder and community feedback survey and submissions from a review of similar regional areas 3. Langhorne Creek and Milang to Strathalbyn in Australia with the following common issues: Integrate the Adelaide CBD information office and the Visitor • Except for during the peak periods to and from Adelaide CBD, the frequency of bus services is generally very low or DPTI, City of Adelaide Information Information Centre not available, and consequently most bus services are poorly patronised. • Network coverage is only good in the Adelaide to Mount Barker corridor, but elsewhere throughout the region, in the and Merge the and LinkSA websites DPTI, bus operators Promotion towns and between towns, it is very poor. Implement tourism packages with public transport services to DPTI, TiCSA, Tourism groups • Park n Ride capacity is significantly exceeded in the Adelaide Hills and Mount Barker region. attractions and special events and operators • Issues with fare inequity with different metro and regional fares throughout the region and with ticketing systems that are not integrated. Investigate and develop an integrated fare policy for the • Poor integration between service providers, even though Downer is the operator of LinkSA and SouthLink Adelaide Hills – Fleurieu Peninsula region that considers the DPTI Fares and equity issues between metropolitan Adelaide and regional bus bus services. Ticketing and train services • Public transport information on the websites, signage, visitor information centres and in tourist information is Investigate and trial new ticketing technologies to be integrated for incomplete, poor quality and not integrated. DPTI all services in the region with the Adelaide Metro ticketing system • The amenity and the access to bus stops is generally poor and not attractive. • Public transport to the region is significantly underfunded per capita when compared to other jurisdictions.

Legend: DPTI - Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure, South Australia TiCSA - Tourism Industry Council South Australia Improving Public Transport in Mount Barker and the Adelaide Hills

Lobethal Plan and implement bus priority measures, such as On-demand via Onkaparinga Valley Road from Northern Hills ADELAIDE reversible tidal flow lanes

Gle n O sm o nd Mount Barker Bus Rapid Transit R Woodside o a d Every 15 minutes 7am-7pm on weekdays Every 30 minutes on evenings and weekends

Balhannah P Crafers P

Verdun Investigate opportunity for another Park n Ride facility Stirling P and Hahndorf weekend tourist parking at Verdun with Bridgewater easy access from South Eastern Freeway Aldgate Hahndorf Region Wide Initiatives Nairne Adelaide Hills Bus Rapid Transit • Review and implement bus contracts Terminates at Verdun Every 30 minutes 7 days a week • Implement Bus Quality Partnerships P P Mount Barker • Conduct a comprehensive bus network review

• Implement the bus network and service changes

Sou • Conduct annual bus service performance reviews Echunga th Eas ter n F reew • Plan for and implement Regional Accessibility Networks On-demand ay transport • Conduct planning corridor and environmental studies to reserve poten- tial alignments for a future passenger railway between Adelaide and Mount Barker

• Conduct a fare and ticketing review to integrate metro and country services Macclesfield Meadows • Implement an integrated fare policy for metro and regional customers including an extension of the integrated fare zone to Murray Bridge On-demand transport from Strathalbyn, and Strathalbyn Langhorne Creek and Milang

• Design and implement a single integrated website for public transport information N • Design and implement tourism campaigns and branding

0 4 8 km • Establish an updated bus stop and shelter management program Strathalbyn Local bus routes are not shown.